Parents Working from Home and their Children's Education

Dominique Goux and Eric Maurin

No 26016, RFBerlin Discussion Paper Series from ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin)

Abstract: This article assesses the impact of parents working from home on children's academic performance in high school. Using French data, we draw on the fact that, within each major social group, not all families have been equally exposed to the recent rise in work from home (WFH), depending on the specific occupations of the parents. Among lower-SES groups, we detect a significant deterioration in educational outcomes of adolescents whose parents are particularly exposed to the rise in WFH. Among higher-SES groups, we find no significant variation. The rise in WFH exposes parents and adolescents to more interaction, at an age when conflicts are frequent, and our findings suggest that this can contribute to worsening school problems in the least advantaged social environments.

Keywords: work from home; grade repetition; general education track; high school; adolescence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I20 J13 J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-01
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